Valve seat ring securing tool



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F. O. ALBERTSON VALVE SEAT RING SECURING TOOL Filed March 5, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 April 3U, 1935.. F. o, ALBERTsoN VALVE SEAT RING SECURING TOOL Filed March 5, 1932. 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 30, 1935 PATENT oEFicE y 1 1,999,434 VALVE SEAT me sEcUmNG 'rooL Frans 0. Albertson, Sioux City, Iowa, asslgnor to Albertson da Company, Inc., Sioux City, Iowa, a

corporation of Iowa Application March 5, 1932, Serial No. 597,982

6 Claims.

be understood that the present tool and method A are of general application and may be used for securing valve seats in place in many structures or valves other than internal combustion engines, and I do not wish to be limited to any particular use.

The improved method of reconstructing valve seats, including the present method of securing the ring seat in place, is the subject of my prior application, Serial No. 580,967, led December i4, 1931, and the present application relatesto the tool itself and to the method of making the tool.

It is often desirable to provide a valve seat in an internal combustion engine, the metal of which has better characteristics than the material of which the internal combustion engine block is constructed. The valve seats are subjected to constant impact under high pressure and at high temperatures and, although considerable attention has been given in the prior art to the provision of valves capable of withstanding this hard usage, the valve seats of the prior art have not been capable of withstanding the hard usage to which they are subjected.

In my prior applications I have described the methods of securing the valve seat ring in place by the close frictional engagement between the periphery of the ring and the wall of a recess. Contemporary methods of securing these rings in place also include the formation of under-cut recesses or otherwise and the expanding of the valve seat rings into the recess by means of special tools.

Since a valve seat ring is generally made of hard and somewhat resilient metal, it is difficult, if not absolutely impossible, to expand the ring into close engagement with the walls of the recess at the periphery of the ring. As soon as the tool is removed from the expanding engagement with the ring, the ring inevitably contracts again slightly, drawing away from the walls of the recess, and such rings are not satisfactorily secured in the engine block. Rings which are secured by endeavoring to force or expand the ring into engagement withits recess become loose and permit leakage between the ring and the engine block and are the source of a great deal of trouble.

One of the objects of thepresent invention is the provision of an improved valve seat ring se v curing tool which is adapted to 'secure the valve seat ring in the engine block or the like so flrmly that there is no possibility of leakage between the ring and the engine block and no possibility of loosening of the valve seat ring during the use of the engine or otherwise.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved valve seat tool and ringstructure which are adapted to eiect a rm se# curement between the ring and the engine block so that the ring is secured against rotation as well as any other movement and so that .the rings may be installed expeditiously and economically.

Another object of the invention is the provision Y of an improved valve seat ring securing tool of the class described, particularly adapted for use on valve seats of a predetermined size, and the provision of an improved universal tool which may be used upon a multiplicity of different valve seats of diierent sizes, preferably including the most common standard sizes of valve seats.

Such a universal tool necessarily greatly reduces the cost of tools for working valve seats of various sizes and brings the' tools Within the range of a vast number of purchasers who could not aiord to purchase an individual tool for each valve seat size.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved method of making universal valve seat'tools of the class described, which enables the various parts of the tool to be formed very quickly and expeditiously upon the usual machinery and which greatly reduces the cost of the nished universal tool.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved universal tool, the dimensions and proportions of which have been so arranged that it is possible to provide a ring securing tool adapted to be used on a plurality of standard valve seats without the necessity for making individual cuts in the formation of the tool to adapt each part of the tool to a particular valve seat.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved valve seat ring structure which is peculiarly adapted to be utilized with a valve seat ring securing tool.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description, and from the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, of which there are two sheets,

Fig. 1 is an elevational view in partial section, showing the complete tool installation, including a valve seat fixture, pilot, roller tool, tool holder and automatic clutch;

Fig. 2 -is an enlarged elevational view in partial section of a'universal valve seat ring securing tool constructed according to the present invention,- with the valve seat in enlarged section;

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view of the roller and stud alone, taken on the plane ofthe arrows of Fig. 2, looking from the left;

Fig. 4 is a full size elevational view of an individual ring securing tool of predetermined size;

' Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the ring securing tool; l

Fig. 5A is a top plan view of the ring securing tool; Y

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of a modified form of valve seat ring, shown in its complementary recess;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary elevational view of a modified shape of tool body and roller which may be utilized where there is not suflicient room for the standard type of body and roller;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view of another modification, including a different form of tool body and roller;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged bottom plan view of the tool body, including the dimensions and angles for the purpose of explaining how the dimensions and proportions of the tool may be determined mathematically so that the tool may be manufactured very expeditiously, and both of the opposite iiat sides of the body may be cut at the same time when this feature of the invention is employed; and l Figs. l0, 11 and 12 are full sized bottom plan views of the tool body, showing its shape during the successive steps in the manufacture of the body according to the preferred method.

Referring to Fig. 2, this is an enlarged elevational view in partial section, showing the preferred form of the valve seat ring securing tool and showing the valve seat ring after it has been placed in the recess, but before it has been secured by means of the present tool. The valve seat tool, which is indicated in its entirety by the numeral 20, preferably includes a body 2| constructed of hardened metal such as steel for supporting one or more roller studs 22 which rotatably support the rollers 23.

The body 2| comprises a substantially cylindrical metal member, which may be provided with a flat upper surface 24 and a flat lower surface 25. In the case bf the individual tool shown in Figs. 4 and 5 and intended to be used only on one particular size of valve seat, the periphery 26 of the tool body may be substantially cylindrical, except for the provision of a`at surface 21 at one side. In the case of the-universal tool the body 2| is provided with a multiplicity of flat surfaces 21--32 located about its periphery for supporting rollers 23 at various distances from the axis of the tool in order to secure valve seat rings of different sizes.

'Ihe tool body 2| is preferably provided with a centrally located downwardly tapered bore 33 and is adapted to be secured upon a tool holder 34 by the wedging engagement of .the complementary frusto-conical surface 35 of the tool holder in the tapered bore 33.

Referring to Fig. 1, the complete tool installation preferably includes the fixture 36, which may be secured to the engine-block 31 by means of nuts and the usual stud bolts 38 which project from the engine block. 'Ihe fixture 36 is provided with a substantially flat lower surface 39 and with a laterally projecting lug 40 having a transverse bore 4| for receiving a trunnion 42. The trunnion 42 is carried by a metal collar 43 and is mounted for rotation in the bore 4|, being secured in place by a washer 44 carried by the end of the trunnion 42 and secured thereto by screw bolt 45. A cornpression spring 46, tensioned between the base of counterbore 41 and washer 44, urges the fiat surface 48 of collar 43 into engagement with the complementary surface on the fixture 36 and tends to hold the collar in any predetermined rotative position.

The transverse lug 40 may be split at v49 and provided with a screw bolt 50 which passes through the upper part of the lug'4l) and is threaded into the lower part of the lug so as to clamp the two portions together on the trunnion 42 to secure the fixture in any predetermined position.

The collar 43 has a vertically extending threaded bore 5| which is adapted to receive the adjustable feed screw 52 which is provided with a complementary threaded surface53. The guide 54 of the feed screw is supported for universal movement with respect to the feed screw by means of the races 55, 56 and ball bearings 51. The guide 54 is provided with a cylindrical bore 58 for slidably receiving a tool shaft 58 having a non-circular upper end 60. The lower end of the tool shaft 59 is provided with a downwardly projecting rib 6|, which is adapted to engage in a complementary groove 62 formed in the upper end of a tool holder 34. I'he tool holder 34 may thus be joined to the drive shaft 59 by the spline connection provided between the rib 6| and groove 62 in such a manner as to provide a limited universal joint at a point very close to the body of the i001 2U'.

'I'he driving mechanism preferably includes a casing 6|', the upper end 62 of which is provided with a threaded bore 63 engaging the threaded outer surface 64 of the guide 54. Within the casing 6|' there is located a race 65 including a multiplicity of ball bearings 65, the upper side of which engages the lower flat surface 61 of the end wall 62'.

The ball bearings 66 also engage the lower annular race 68, which in turn engages a spring 65, the spring engaging an annular clutch member 10. 'Ihe clutch member 10 is slidably supported upon the cylindrical portion 1| of the collar 12, which is also provided with a frusto-conical surface 13. The screw casing 14 includes a clutch ring 15 xedly supported therein and provided with a frusto-conical surface 16. The frustoconical surfaces 13 and 16 form an annular V groove 11 adapted to receive a leather clutch ring 18.

The compression spring 10 urges the guide 54 upward and takes up the backlash between the guide 54 and the screw 52. Compression spring 19 is compressed between the end 8U of the guide 54 and an annular flange 8 in the screw 52.

The installation preferably includes a valve stem pilot 82, which is provided with an upper cylindrical portion 83 which is adapted to be received inthe cylindrical bore 84 in the drive shaft 99. The cylindrical portion 83 of the pilot stem 82 also passes'through the cylindrical bore V85 in the tool holder 39. The pilot stem is also preferably provided with a lower cylindrical portion 86 which accurately fits theA valve stem guide and with a frusto-conlcal portion 8l which is so gradually taperedlthat it may be wedged into the upper part of the valve stem guide to secure the pilot in fixed position in the guide merely b y this wedging engagement:

Referring again to Fig. 2, each of the flat surfaces 2l to 32 of the tool body 2| is preferably provided with a centrally located threaded bore 89. The threaded bore 88 is adapted to receive the complementary threaded end 89 of the roller stud 22.

The roller stud 22 is preferably formed with an enlarged cylindrical bearing portion 90 and an annular shoulder 9| for definitely determining the position of the roller stud in the body 2l. The roller stud 22 is also provided with a head 92 having a lower flat surface 93 adapted to act as a thrust bearing for the roller 23. The head 92 may be non-circular, or it may be provided with a slot 99 for receiving a screw driver in securing the stud in place.

The roller 23 comprises a substantially cylindrical metal member in the embodiment of Fig. 2, which is provided with an externally cylindrical surface 99 and a substantially flat end 95 engaging the annular shoulder 93 of the head 92. The roller 23 is provided with an inner cylindrical surface 9i or a cylindrical bore of sufficient size so that a plurality of roller bearings 98 may be interposed between the inner cylindrical surface 91 and the cylindrical surface`9|l of the stud 22. The roller bearings 98 and the roller 23 are, of course, constructed of the best hardened andtempered tool steel, accurately machined to shape. At its inner end the roller 23 is preferably provided with a radially projecting rib 99, one side of which is formed with a surface l 09, which may be of abrupt slope or at substantially right angles to the axis of the roller 23. The other side lill of the rib 99 is preferably gradually tapered, as shown in Fig. 2, in such a manner that the rib 99 is adapted to spin or force the metal of the engine block 3l over and above the valve seat ring M32, as shown in Fig. l.

The roller 23 is preferably formed with a counterbore |93 for receiving a washer H89 which may be clamped between the annular shoulder 9| and the fiat surface 2l. The thickness of the washer |99 may be used to determine the relative play between the roller 23 and the roller stud 22, and the washer |89 may retain the roller bearings 98 in place on the stud 22.

The substantially cylindrical surface 99 on the roller 23 is adapted to come into engagement with the engine block 3l .as soon as the rib 99 has been worked into the engine block to a predetermined depth. The cylindrical surface 99 on roller 23 thus constitutes a. stop surface for prevdetermining the depth of groove which will be formed by the rib 99 and for determining when the operation of securing the valve seat ring has been completed.

Referring to Figs. 4 and 5, the rollers and studs utilized in this individual tool are substantially the same as that described with respect to Fig. 2.

The stud 22 with its roller 23 and washer |94 may be removed from the threaded bore 88 in the flat surface 2l and located in any one of the other threaded bores 08E-m9 which are provided in the flat surfaces 28-32 of the tool body 2|. The washer |04 may have a close frictional fit upon the end 89 of the stud 92 so that the stud and roller constitutes a complete unit which will not become disassembled when the stud is removed from the tool body. It would, of course, be impossible to utilize more than one roller at the same time, since the flat surfaces 2'|'32 are located at different radii from the axis of the tool and the other rollers would interfere with the use of the particular roller which it was desired to use.

The present tool is made capable of universal use on valve seats of a plurality of predetermined sizes by the provision of a multiplicity of positions for the same stud and roller. If desired, additional studs and rollers of different sizes and proportions may be provided with the same tool for accomplishing various different results.

Referring to Figs. 7 and 8, these are two modied forms of tool bodies which may be utilized where there,is not suicient room for bodies of the type shown in Fig. 2.' In the tool of Fig. '7, the fiat surface ||D is not parallel to the a-xis of the tool, but slopes toward the axis at its upper end. This disposes the axis of the stud at an angle to the axis of the tool which is not a right angie. The head of the stud lll may be made smaller, as shown in Fig. 7, and the roller may have its external cylindrical stop surface ||2 made frusto-conical in form.. The angularity of the frusto-conical surface ||2 is such that the lower edge of the surface l |2 has its element substantially parallel to the flat surface H3 of the bottom of the tool or parallel to the surface of the engine block. This tool would be very convenient where there is a very limited space at the point H9 surrounding the valve seat.

Referring to Fig. 8, in this embodiment the right end of the stud I I9 hasbeen tilted upward, and the fiat surface H9 slopes downward. The frusto-conical stop surface lll in this embodiment is also arranged with the element which engages the engine block substantially parallel to the upper surface of the engine block.

In each one of the different embodiments of rollers described, it will be noted that there isla` rib which is adapted to work the metal out of the engine block over above the valve seat ring, but after the rib has reached a predetermined depth there is a curved stop surface on the roller which prevents the roller from being pressed into a greater depth.

Referring again to Fig. 2, the valve seat ring H92 is preferably constructed of the best alloy steel adapted vto be used for withstanding the hard usage to which a valve seat is subjected.

The valve seat ring |92 may be suitably worked. tempered and hardened, and otherwise treated for this purpose. It is preferably a ring with a substantially cylindrical outer surface H8, a flat upper surface H9, a flat lower surface |20, and a cylindrical inner surface l2l. The upper inner corner |22 may be as shown, or it may be already provided with a predetermined frusto-conlcal valve seat formation. In order to make rings of a single size suitable for work on engines having various different valves, I prefer to leave the formation of the actual valve seat surface until the ring is secured in place, when the valve seat may be made of any angularity which is utilized in that particular engine.

The valve seat ring |02 is preferably formed with a frusta-conical or chamfered surface l23 at its upper outer corner for the purpose of formstructing the tool.

lng a space |24 into which the metal of the engine block 31 may be forced.

Referring to Fig. 1, it will be noted that when the operation is finished the groove |24 is filled with the metal of the engine block which extends over the top of the ring, and a groove '|25 is left in the engine block.

The valve seat ring is also preferably formed with a plurality of transversely extending slots |26, which may be located at regularly spaced points about its periphery on the chamfered surface |23. The slots |25 are very quickly filled with the metal which is forced over by the rib 99, and thus the ring |02 is immediately secured against rotation by the engagement of the parts of the engine block with the opposite sides of the slots |26. The continuation of the securing process by means of the tool eventually fills the slots |26 and firmly secures the ring in place by the overhanging portion of metal which is spun over from the engine block.

'I'he valve seat ring is also preferably provided with a chamfered surface |21 at its lower outer corner for the following purpose? The recess for the valve seat ring is cut by means of a tool which has a pair of sharpened edges extending at rightJ angles to each other. The maximum amount of wear occurs on this tool at the apex of these two sharpened edges and naturally the apex or corners of the blade wears down most quickly. It is very difficult, if not a physical impossibility, to cut the valve ring recess with a sharply defined lower corner. Thus great difficulty would be encountered in seating valve seat rings |02 if the lower corner at the point |21 were of right angular shape.

The provision of the chamfer |21 takes care of the tendency of the cutting tool to form a recess which does not have a sharp outer and lower corner and permits the seating of the valve seat ring firmly against the bottom of the recess.

The valve seat ring has its periphery in close frictional engagement with the wall of the recess and the bottom of the ring engages the bottom of the recess. When a valve seat ring is secured according to the present method their is no possibility .of the ring working loose under any conditions of service, and there is no possibility of leakage between the ring and the engine block, on account of the close engagement between the parts of the ring and the block and the overhanging portion of the motor block.

Referring to Figs. 9 to 12, these are diagrammatic views showing the bottom of the tool body in various stages of its manufacture for the purpose of explaining the preferred method of con- The various sizes which have been selected for standard valve seat ring sizes are merely exemplary of one set of proportions which may be used. These sizes will take care of most of the modern internal combustion engines used upon automobiles. For example, the sizes used for one ring securing tool are one and seven-eighths, one and thirteen-sixteenths, one and fifteen-sixteenths, two and one-sixteenth, two and oneeighth and two inches.

vIn the embodiment selected to illustrate the `invention the ring sizes which would be stamped upon the lower face of the ring securing tool, as

shown in Fig. 9, are two and one-fourth, two and five-sixteenths, two and seven-sixteenths, two and nine-sixteenths, two and one-half and two and three-eighths: Y

These sizes correspond substantially to the external diameter of the ring to be secured and the radius extending from any predetermined at face to the center of the tool is one-half of the, size stamped adjacent that flat surface. Thus the flat side which is used to support the stud and roller, when operating with a two and one fourth inch ring, is one and one eighth or one and four sixteenths inches from the center of the tool.

The at surfaces 21-32 respectively are preferably arranged at angles of sixty degrees to each other for the reason that it is possible with this predetermined angularity to manufacture the tool body according to an improved method which has distinct advantages from the point of View of saving of time and labor.

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 9, the distance between the opposed flat surfaces 21 and 30, 28 and 3|, 29 and 32 is equal in every case to two and thirteen thirty-seconds inches. This makes it possible to straddle-mill the fiat surfaces two at a time, and the formation of the surfaces may be made without the necessity for adjusting cutters in any way and by merely turning a tool body blank through an angle of sixty degrees to bring it into position for the next cut.

In order to accomplish this result the tool body blank 2| is preferably supported upon an eccentric arbor which is carried by the usual dividing head. The dividing head is so arranged that by rotating its crank the tool blank 2| may be brought into any of a plurality of rotative positions at an angular displacement of sixty degrees from each other by the use of the dividing head.

Since it is desired to provide fiat surfaces located at varying radii, differing by an amount of one thirty-second of an inch from each other, the axis of the eccentric portion of the arbor should preferably be two thirty-seconds or one sixteenth of an inch from the true center of the axis of the dividing head and of the bore 33.

Referring to Fig. 9, the true center of the bore 33 and body 2| is indicated by the numeral |28. 'I'he eccentric center about which the body 2| is rotated during its manufacture is one sixteenth of an inch higher up and is indicated by the numeral |29, although the fiat surface 21 is one and one eighth or one and two sixteenths inches from the true center |28. It would, therefore, be one and two sixteenths plus one sixteenth, or one and three sixteenths inches from the eccentric center |29. ,The opposite flat surface 30 is one and nine thirty-seconds from the true center |28, or one and seven thirty-seconds from the eccentric center |29.

Referring to Fig. 10, the blank is first secured in proper position on the eccentric arbor of the dividing head and the opposed surfaces 21 and 30 are formed by straddle-milling these two surfaces at the same time, with the milling cutters disposed two and thirteen thirty-seconds inches apart.

The blank is then rotated counterclockwise from the position of Fig. 10 to that of Fig. 11 through an arc of sixty degrees, and the eccentric mounting of the blank will displace the blank with respect to the milling cutters in such a manner as to locate them for the formation of the flat surfaces 28 and 3| the same distance apart but at different radii from the true center of the blank.

The fiat surface 28 is intended to be used with two and five-sixteenths inch rings, and should therefore be at a radius of one and five thirty-seconds inches from the true center. The blank is, however, being rotated upon the center |29, which through an angle of sixty degrees, it will be noted that the true center will move into a position closer to the cutter which is adjacent the side 28.

Referring to Fig. 9, the difference in distances between the at side 28 and the true center and the at side 28 and the eccentric center is shown by the dimension lines A and B. The small triangle shown at the center of this diagram has a 'I'he at surface 28 will, therefore, be at a distance of one and three-sixteenths less one-thirtysecond or one and iive-thirty-second inches from the true center. The side 3| will be one and eight-thirty-seconds from the true center.

It will thus be observed that the rotation of sixty degrees of the blank on aneccentric axis shortens the radius to the fiat surface 28 by onethirty-second of an inch and increases the radius to the fiat surface 3| by one-thirty-second of an inch.

Referring to Fig. 12, this is a diagrammatic view showing the third step in the manufacture during which the sides 29 and 32 are formed.

'Ihe rotation of the blank sixty degrees further By adding together the respective distances or radii of the opposite iiat surfacesv from the true center, it will be observed that the opposite flat surfaces are always the same distance apart and that by the use of an eccentric axis for rotation of the blank during the manufacture, the radii l of the respective supporting' surfaces for the rollers may be varied as desired. By rotating the blank through angles of sixty degrees and using an eccentricity which is twice the variation in radius desired, the proportions may be made such that the flat surfaces may be straddle-milled on opposite sides at the same time without any adjustment of the cutters.

It is thus possible to manufacture the universal tool of the type shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 9 very expeditiously at a very low cost, and the dimensions and proportions l2 of the parts of the tool as described are a very important feature of the invention.

The tool may be constructed at a greater cost by forming each of the vflat surfaces separately at a predetermined radius, but the device may be produced in large quantities very economically by the use of the improved method. In brief,

through an angle of sixty degrees on an eccentric axis, the eccentricity of which is equal to twice the variation in radius desired, the formation of `additional at surfaces simultaneously on' opposite sides with the blank in this position, etc. The iiat surfaces are provided with bores for supporting the rollers at predetermined radii from the true center, and it is thus possible to provide a universal tool at a fraction of the cost which would be involved if it were necessary to form each of the at surfaces separately at a different radius with a different adjustment.

The operation of the complete tool assembly shown in Fig. 1 is as follows: The guide 54 is clamped to the drive shaft 59 by means of a clamp |30 having a screw bolt |3| and a transverse pin |32. When power is applied to the drive shaft 59 at its end 60 the drive shaft 59 is rotated, rotating with it the tool holder 34 and the tool 20.

'I'he rotation of the drive shaft 59 carries with it throughv the clamp |30 the guide 54 and clutch collar 12 which engages one side of leather clutch ring 18. The leather clutch ring 18 is forced into the groove by the pressure ring 10 and the amount of pressure may be regulated by screwing the casing 6 downward on the threaded portion 63 of guide 54. The leather clutch ring I8 tends to carry with it the outer clutch ring 15, causing the screw 52 to rotate with the drive shaft 59. However, there is slippage between the clutch collar '|2, clutch ring 1B and outer clutch ring 15, depending upon the pressure placed upon the leather ring, and therefore the screw 52 is rotated at a much slower rate than the drive shaft 59, depending upon the pressure placed on the clutch and the resistance which the tool encounters. Y'

.The end of the feed screw 52 engages the top of the tool 20 and causes the. ridge 99 von the roller 23 to be forced into the metal of the engine block 3l. The metal of the engine block is spun l or forced over into the groove |24 above the valve seat ring |92, and this operation is continued as the tool is fed downward until the cylindrical surface comes into engagement with the engine block. The increased resistance to the feeding, which is caused by the contact of the stop surface 95 with the engine block, causes the clutch to slip and, although the drive shaft still rotates the tool, the tool is not fed toward the y engine block, and the cessation of the feeding operation indicates to the operator that the ring is secured in place. Successive rings can be secured in place in the same way by means of the present tool installation, and the clutch may be so adjusted that the rings are uniformly secured in place.

It will thus be observed that I have invented an improved valve seat ring securing tool and a tool installation by means of which valve seat rings may be more uniformly secured in place than is possible with the devices of the prior art. The present valve seat ring securing tool is capable of economical manufacture, and may be provided in the universal form so that it is capable of taking care of valve seat rings of various different sizes.

The valve seat rings which are secured with the present tool are so rmly secured that there is no possibility of the rings becoming loose nor any possibility of leakage between the ring and the engine block. As distinguished from devices and methods which purport to expand the ring, the .present tool works upon the metal of the engine block, which is of such character that it is capable of being worked into position without springing back, as would be the case where an eifort was made to expand the ring into the recess in the block.

While I have illustrated and described a pref erred embodiment of my invention, many modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of all changes within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my/invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A valve seat ring securing tool comprising a metal body formed with a tapered bore adapted to receive a tool holder, said body being provided with a flat surface having a transverse threaded bore, a trunnion having a threaded end secured in said threaded bore and having a head and a roller carried by said trunnion and projecting below the body of said tool, said roller having a ridge adapted to engage an engine block and force the metal of the block into engagement with a valve seat ring, said roller having a substantially cylindrical stop surface outside said ridge for engaging the engine block and predetermining the depth of movement of said ridge.

2. In a ring securing tool for valve seats of internal combustion engines, the combination of a supporting xtuse with a feed screw adjustably mounted on said fixture, a guide ,carried by said feed screw and having a circular bore extending through the same, a drive shaft having. an axial bore and rotatably and slidably mounted with respect to said feed screw, a pilot stem carried by the internal combustion engine block and slidably engaging in a bore in said drive shaft, av

valve seat tool having a roller for engaging the metal of the engine block said drive shaft being rotatably and slidably mounted on said pilot stem and supporting said valve seat tool, and a universal connection between said fixture and said drive shaft. t

3. In a ring securing tool for valve seats of internal combustion engines, the combination of a supporting fixture with a feed screw adjustablyAv mounted on said xture, a guide carried by said feed screw and having a circular bore extending through the same, a drive shaft rotatably and slidably 'mounted with respect to said feed screw, a pilot stem carried by the internal combustion engine block and slidably engaging in a bore in said-drive shaft, a valve seat tool, said drive shaft being rotatably and slidably mounted on said pilot stem and supporting said valve seat tool, and a universal connection between said fixture and said drive shaft, said tool comprising a supporting body, a stud carried by said body at a predetermined radius from the axis of said pilot stem, and a roller carried by said stud adapted to force the metal of the engine block into engagement with the valve seat ring.

4. A valve seat ring securing tool 'comprising a substantially cylindrical body formed with a flat surface on its periphery, said body having an axially extending. tapered bore, a transversely extending stud carried by said body and projecting from said flat surface, a roller carried by said stud, said roller having a stop surface and having a radially projecting ridge adapted to force the metal of an engine block into engagement with a valve seat ring, a tool holder having a tapered surface for wedging engagement with the axial bore in said tool, a pilot stem xedly carried by an engine block for supporting said tool holder for rotation and reciprocation, said tool holders having an axial bore for slidably receiving said pilot stem, and means for supporting said tool holder for universal movement, located adjacent the upper surface of said tool.

5. A valve seat `ring securing tool comprising a substantially cylindrical body formed with a flat surface on its periphery, said body having an axially extending tapered bore, a transversely extending stud carried by said body and projecting from said flat surface, a roller carried by said stud, said roller having a stop surface and having a radially projecting ridge adapted to force the metal of an engine block into engagement with a valve seat ring, a tool holder having a tapered surface for wedging engagement with the axial bore in said tool, a pilot stem xedly carried by an engine block for supporting said tool holder for rotation and reciprocation, said tool holder having an axial bore for slidably receiving said pilot stem, said drive shaft having a universal support adjacent the upper surface of said tool, comprising a tool supporting fixture adapted to be xedly secured to an engine block and having a guide for resisting lateral thrust on said drive shaft by virtue of the eccentric location of said roller.

6. A valve seat ring securing tool comprising a supporting body adapted to be secured on a tool holder, said supporting body having a thrust surface formed at one side at a predetermined radius from the center of said body, a stud car-` ried by said body and located in said thrust surface, and a roller rotatably mounted on said stud, said roller having a spinning formation comprising a rib adapted to force the metal of an engine block over a valve seat ring and into engagement with the valve seat ring when said body is rotated and fed toward the engine block, said roller also having a substantially cylindrical surface engaging the engine block and predetermining the depth to which said rib moves into said engine block, said rib being located on the side toward said body, and said cylindrical surface on the side away from said body.

FRANS O. ALBERTSON. 

